What Affirmations or Reminders Help You?

9 years ago

Moni's "enough" thread made me think of this.

One night just before New Year's, someone on the news asked viewers what their New Year's resolutions were, & read some of the emails on-air.

This popped into my head, & I've been relying on it ever since:

Be happy.
Be grateful.
Have fun.
Throw something away.

(disclaimer: the day may come, although I doubt it, when that last thing is no longer needed!)

What affirmations or resolutions or reminders help you?

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sheilajoyce_gw
9 years ago
Heard some expert talking on a TV show saying that we ought to quit hitting ourselves over the head trying to be perfect parents. We only need to be good enough, not perfect. I am certainly not perfect, but usually I am good enough.
lucillle
9 years ago
Sometimes just coming over here is an affirmation, to read the words of others who have similar trials, tribulations and joys. So many strong, thoughtful, funny people here, 'real' people.
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sylviatexas1
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9 years ago
Lucille, what a lovely thing to say!

& I need to say, "me too".

The Kitchen Table taught me a lot about being me, about being a woman, about relating to other women.

Having grown up with a messed-up mother, I missed out on a lot of the kind of sharing & caring that I found here.
Pooh Bear
9 years ago
His grace is sufficient.
sylviatexas1
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9 years ago
Amen.
YogaLady1948
9 years ago
Breathe in Peace
Breathe out Love
nanny98
9 years ago
YogaLady.... I like that!
Orchidllauraga
9 years ago
Y'all have such pretty Affirmations or Reminders.

Mine is not so pretty or touching, but it gets me through some rough days and it is "Fake It, Til You Make It"

But I will say that the KT has pulled me out of the dark hole of depression on more than one occasion.
satine_gw
9 years ago
Just for today I can----
This is from NA and for a long time it helped me get through each day when my daughter was using, sick and lost
Satine.
YogaLady1948
9 years ago
Laura, my younger DD is a HS English teacher and her mantra all through college was 'fake til you make it'. That got her through 2 degrees and 2 teaching credentials;)
yayagal
9 years ago
Amen to Poohbear's comment.
chisue
9 years ago
I had never attended a bar mitzvah before that of a neighbor's dear son. The rabbi concluded his blessing of the young man with, "Live your life."

I think it means:

Live *now*; be in the present.

Live *your* life; trust your Self to guide you.

Live all of *life*; it will be an unfolding adventure.
cheri2008
9 years ago
stand in your own truth
jafralady
9 years ago
This too shall pass.....Has gotten me though many a trial!!
jkayd_il5
9 years ago
Get over it!
blfenton
9 years ago
I am adopting one from another thread here:

I AM enough.

Here is a link that might be useful: I am enough thread

This post was edited by blfenton on Tue, May 27, 14 at 19:33
clubm
9 years ago
Choose your battles. Sometimes things are just to petty to argue about.
joann23456
9 years ago
These days, my motto is "80%".

It's my way of reminding myself of the saying, "Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good."

It's also a way of reminding myself of Pareto principle that says that 80% of the results come from 20% of the time spent,
juellie1962
9 years ago
Amen Poohbear!

And also to jafralady. As my wise mother always said, "nothing stays the same; everything changes".
rob333 (zone 7b)
9 years ago
Don't think about it right now, wait until tomorrow.

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Then, I sleep on it. Without thinking about it anymore. If I am still thinking/worrying about it, even then, it's so much less than it seemed the moment it happened. It keeps the setbacks from hitting so hard. You know, so that I am not getting hit with the setback and then muddled in the "fix" that I am trying to come up. That's a double whammy.
joyfulguy
9 years ago
"Love your neighbour as yourself ."

(But - not your neighbour's wife).

And ... if you haven't learned to, basically, love yourself (despite the foibles) ...

... you'll find that you're not very well equipped to love others.

ole joyful
caroline94535
9 years ago
- This, too, shall pass.

- Smile, even when you don't feel like it.
Rudebekia
9 years ago
It is what it is. Trite, I know, but it often helps me accept a situation as it is.
nicole__
9 years ago
* If it's NOT going to matter in 10 years, it doesn't matter now!

*Let it go, don't dwell on what you can't change
jannie
9 years ago
Progress, not Perfection.
Orchidllauraga
9 years ago
"The uglier the situation gets the harder you must pray" is another reminder I use.

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